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Once Upon A Bride by Helen Lacey

Reviewed by TashNz

Once Upon a Bride
is a beautiful, enriching and moving story set in Crystal Point in which the
author, Helen Lacey weaves a brilliant tale.

At her brother’s
wedding Lauren reminds her friends she is “celibate, not comatose”while discussing her sex life and their
thoughts on the best looking man in town, Gabe Vitali.Lauren is mortified when she discovers Gabe
overhears what she thinks of him and to make things worse she then falls into
the pool.Things go from bad to worse
when they become neighbours and co-dog-sitters.Completely attracted to each other, but for many reasons they resist
with both believing that “Mr or Mrs Right is NOT Mr or Mrs Right-Next-Door”
(again, thank the author for that brilliant piece of writing).

Once Upon a Bride
is a beautifully written, completely absorbing, wonderfully compelling and
totally exceptional and sweet story. I
thought it was bright and breezy, mixed with emotion all at the right
times. Crystal Point is such a lovely
setting and aids the story. Gabe and
Lauren are two people who want what the other can’t give and their journey to
happy ever after is truly moving and it’s quite the perfect story with how
everything is weaved together. The
story, the characters and the conversation between the two is rewarding and I
have read this book more than once.

I’m such a fan of
the angsty type books with billionaires and the such because it’s so far removed
from my life that I don’t often read stories such as Once Upon a Bride, but I
can’t think of how else to describe how much I loved this book except to say
it’s almost the complete opposite of what I normally read and I absolutely
loved it. I would highly recommend if
you want to get lost in a true love story with realistic characters.

ONCE UPON A BRIDE by author Helen Lacey is a Harlequin
Special Edition series release for September 2014.

Gabe Vitali escaped from his troubled past to a small town
in Australia but was he ready for commitment?
Lauren Jakowski is ready for marriage. And she shares an
attraction for Gabe, but would Gabe be the one to give her happy ever after?
After all he is incapable of happy ever afters, isn’t he?
ONCE UPON A BRIDE is a heartwarming tale of two opposites
falling for each other. I loved the drama among all the shimmering emotions as
well as revisiting Crystal Point. Author Helen Lacey has a way with words which
is incomparable.

Recommended for all lovers of romance.
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